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GENERAL AND CRITICULAR.

"Maudle, what does carte blanche mean ~
asked Mrs. Stammins.
"Why-er, that means whit, carriage,
mamma" replied Maudie, who is studying
French. "You never see them In this coun-
try, but they are quite common in France"
And Maudle's poor old mother gased on
her daughter with maternal pride that
brought tears 10 her eyes.
"This is q very serious charge" remarked
the lawyer as he examined the bill for his
wiie's new bonnet.
$50 yer goin' 10 lave the school soon,
Mlsther Arthur" said the Irish ianitor to o
student IN one Of the Eastern law schools.
"Yes, Patrick leave tomorrow"
"And phwat do yez be iu,hendin to do ~
"Prgctice at the barn.
"At the bar, Is ity It's good luck II go
wild yes, for many's the toimo owe heertl
the h'5s coy ya wor tho beet drink mixer
iu tie Classu
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WhIrnN Xcr.na l.nvr.

ait Is love that makes the world go
rouud," We are Informed by the poets. Il
Is a fomewhat notable fact that a very
limited quau'ity ~ poor whisky will pro-
Guce the came effect Merchant Traveller.
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PROVISIONS.

CIRCLE MARHET - UHVing Pur-
~ chased the stock and goodwill OF Circle
Market, corner Of VI ave, and i st., we earn.
estly solicit the liberal pltrOnago given our
predecessors, and, by making such additions
to stock as the demand may require, with
livery Of orders, hope to give satisfaction To
all who patronizo us Respectfully,
s. l.. WILLETT 81 S. Ii. GWYNNE,
Successors to T. y. Brooke & Co.
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TIE luckless Atlanta, after nearly
shooting herself 10 pieces with her own
guns, is reported TO have run aground
and wrought confusion among her in.
ternal machinery. These acts Of self
destruction on the part of the new
naval vessels are said TO be only pre-.
liminary indications of the resistless
power which they will exert when in
full working order and when their
energies are exercised in more
aggressive and less suicidal direction.
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FOR EXCHANGE.
EOR sALEoR EXOUANGE-
BUSINESS CHARGES.

A NY BUSINESS MAN with n Capital
n of SEQ can mako o comfortable living
manufacturing an article salable summer or
winter: SOC profit on the dollar For partcu-
lars call at G21 o st sw and sec the article.
I EFT WITH ME for Sale or for Rent
IL at extraordinarily low rate, a choice up,
right plano; piano for musician; geuulue
bargain this week, Sli 9Th st II W,
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FOR RENT...HOuSES,

LOR RENT- ana,
Il room house, N near 10th st n W 81 90
t.room house Columbia st..,,,,,..", 2l 80
Q broom houses, NJ st s W, each"...... 10 81
OSTRANDER & STALEY,
NpXy York nypnuD.
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EOR SALE

ENOR SALE-Rare Oh bance-Beautifu
IL s-room house and 10000 feet Of ground In
Takoma Park, price only $4,000; also elegant
sites for two stores on 18th st: lot 10 by i2O
feet 70 90 II alley. J. W. p. MYERS & SON.
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A NEW organization has been formed
in Washington, which is destined to
become great success-the Brent
wood Riding Club, While riding
clubs are plentiful in the Northern and
Western States, this is the first at.
tempt to organize an association Of this
character IN Washington. The enter.
prise Is one which should command
the support of all citizens of the Dis,
tlict who are interested In out door,
health giving past!mes. Our club now
numbers fifteen members, comprising
some Of the most expert riders 10 tho
city. Scml.monthlY races viii be held
at Ivy City: An interesting series Of
races will take place next Thursday
afternoon, August 4.
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FIR gAtE-H0lISES.

INOR sALE-specIal Barga,ns-
Il several six-room houses on A ST n O; all
modern improvements; 10 per cent. Invest
ment; price only $1,000 each Also
ilr brick, 18th 81, bet 4 and U....., .,,..s7,5O0
81, on l., bet 18th and 10th sts n w...... G,0D0
i1r and cellar on Corcoran st.......,, 1000
Brick, 1Ir, East Cap at, bet 9Th and 1th. 5000
iir. 9 cor II and 2ist SITS n w........... $500
7r on Marion, bet 9th and 9TH SITS n W.. i.2D
Apply at once to j. W. 7. MYERS 80 SON,
1t2S New Yorl, ave.
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TIE facetious bicyclist cndeayored
last night to render the new police
regulations odious by an exaggerated
application of their requirements.
Bells of all kinds were hung upon ma.
chines-cow bells and bells of the
largest and loudesl varieties being pre-
ferred-and lanterns aspiring to the
proportions Of locomotive headlights
were called into requisiion. On the
Avenue the wheelmen had sort OF
carnival, and in the vicinity Of the resi-.
dences of the District Commissioners
they made night hideous. This form
OF protest may do well enough for q
joke, but, If continued, other clauses
of the new regulations would have to
be appealed to to suppress the nuisance.
MAJOR BURKE of New Orleans is
paraphrasing Horace Greeley, "Young
man, go South !" Is an injunction In
support Of which he Is arraylng argu-
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EOhRplHa.

COUNTRY BOARD-Near Mountains;
" minutes walk from depot, telegraph
and telephone; 3 mails daily; plenty OF Ice,
milk and vegetables; terms s. per week. Ad-
dress DABEEY, Gaiasyllle, Va,
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THE Ohio Democrats, in State Con.
vention last week; the Maryland
Democracy in State Convention yester.
day, and the Republicans of Ohio, at
their convention to day, all took de-
cided stand in favor Of prohibiting the
immigration of paupers, criminals and
contract labor from the overcrowded
slums of Europe to the shores of the
American Republic. These are healthy
signs of the times, and show that the
leaven of Home Rule In the United
States is spreading with patriotic
alacrity.
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EOR SALE-Houses for Homes or In
L vestments.


X st n W, corner house, large, we'll located,
can be bought at bargain.
18th 81 II W, beautiful residence, perfect
order, all IN i....... .,,,....... $4,000
Vt ave, near Iowa Circle, elegant house
and location. .,....,........,.....,. 35,OOO
rlete throughout ....... .,...u.. 10000
and finish, perfect, side lot ......... 10000
10th 81 n W. near Dupont Circle, nearly
new, inside finished In natural wood,
heatingnnd ventilation excellent;can
be purchased furnished or untur.
N st u W, bet 18Th and 18th sts, houses,
all very desirable, different rriccsn..
iith 1t n W, bet and q sts, fine busi-
ness prolerty.,.,......... i,Dh
Corcoran -. het 18th and iith sts...... 1,b)O
I st, near 18th at n w.......,..,........ 5,JyO
Mo ave, house In good order, leased for
$40 per mo. ....t.w. w.......,..,....',. O,UVU
III II g, good tized house and lot, all
mou linps. .... ........,..'. ......... oVVu
nth II c,2 new houses, very complete.
good yards; each..... .,......,,..... $500
12 houses, small and convenient, all
rented, grand Investment; each.,... 60
s houses, new and complete, paying
good rate of Int; terms easy; each. 1900
houses, well built, paying good rent;
can be bought for teach). 1850
Houses sold or exchanged. Building esti
mates furnished. Loans promptly NEGOTIATED.
GEO. p. GOFF,
No, 1i.O New York ave.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES,

vOR SALE-Near Thomas Circle, an
II elegant residence. lust completed, iG RS,
med imps; dumb walter TO top floor finished
In hard wood, mirrors. etc; furnace, etc; lot
25x1dO. Price, s25,0o0; terms TO suit.
TIfOS. q. ItENSEY,
t0nl n atrant &, w
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THE examinations for promotion
from one grade Of clerkship to another
have now been completed in three of
the principal bureaus Of the War De.
partment The clerks have, as rule,
made about the same relative record in
the examinations ms the mark for
efficiency with which they were cred
tied by their chiefs, and the verdict is
generally that the examinations have
been fair and reasonable. 1t begins to
look as If there has been great deal
of unnecessary fuss about this matter.
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yNLFGANT Corner, business Prop
h erty, on 9th st, above Mass ave; price
SI2,C0O.
Nice 3.story brick house, 9th ST n W, bet II
and SITS; price $1,000.
Seven houses on st W. five rooms each;
price s2,OC0.
-Four Groom houses on + st, bet N ave
and Cap st; price s25O0 each.
Several houses, rooms each on Mass ave,
bet N ave and Cap st: price $4,000 each.
Two Groom houses on Mass ave II W, bet N
j ave and n Cap st; price $4,000 each.
$1,000 So feet of ground near Columbia st.
r. X. terminus, at Sc per foot, or 81 GOO tor the
whole. This property is very desirable, being
finely located.
l4o3 ave
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s>ssAmooRE . sCBLEy.
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
90 Broad street. New York.
BRANCH OFFICES:
20 wall ST.. N. Y. III South Cd ST., Pblla.

Connected with I. A. Evans 8 Co., Boston;
e. L. Brewster d Co., Chicago; CorsOn & Ma
cartney, Washington; Warren g. Quarles,
Richmond.
Private Wire Connections. Buy and sell
Stocks, Bonds and Miscellaneous Securities
on New York stock Exchange.
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TOE SALE Good Business Property
IL In West Washington, on 32d ST. bet o
uni p gtr; n'cc store and dwelling attached;
rlice only Si1yO. j. ", +. aIEllS y SON
li!5 n Y ave,
Tor SALE-3.srORY BRICK DWELLING,
i NJ 81, near Oth W; lot - Il front; price,
St210. TYLER d RUTHERFORD,
1926 Z II n W.
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by D. RAMEY, 9SS L street.

E'OR SALE-On Easy Terms-New
II brick house on 18th st, near Il II W, CON
tanning rooms and bath; coal vault under
pavement; terms 81 400 cash; balance at the
rate of about $50 per month
AUSTIN p. BROWN,
Real Estate and Loans,
II street n W
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THE Maryland Democracy, In their
State convention yesterday, came out
strongly In favor Of clvilservice re
form in the administration of national
airairs-prorded the persons in the
employ of the Government are in po.
litical sympathy with the powers In
command, In other words, the Mary.
land Democrats are in favor of civil
service reform when II is construed to
mean that none but ardont-not
neutrality-suspicious. shall be placed
on guard In the trenches, as well as on
the outer walls of the Administration
political fortltlcations. This plank OF
their platform is worthy Of the strategic
genius of General A. p. German.
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.yssFINE ART AND DILLUsTRATED
kS books bound, full Morocco gilt edge;
we have stamps and dies: magazines, 65 and
75 cents LYCETT BINDERY,
fOi2 Penn ave,
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FOR SAlE-..LOTS.

CONsERvAvIvE LAND CO.-send
~ for map and prospectus OF tho Lake Side
Land Company OF Birmingham, Ala. y. W.
MILLER, President, room 2, 303 7th ST n W,
Washington, ID. q.
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VIZ ANTEr-A Cool and Pleasant
w. room. bet and and ith and IA III sts.
room and board not to exceed se5 per month,
ard not required In advance; widow pre-
ferrcd. ADDRESS r.. Critic office.
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mcnts and statistics in q most vigorous
manner. In one Of his latest speeches
he asserted that the South possesses q
far greater area now open TO develop
mcnt than the West, and offers greater
advantages in every respect to capital
enterprise and immigration. Speaking
of fields of enterprise as yet compara'
lively unopened, he said
North Carolina and Arkansas have Bos-
semer ore enough TO rebuild the navy, for
tlfy the country, and relay every mile OF Iron
on the railroads Of the United States with
STEEL lie pointed out also that the manu-
facturod products Of the South had increased
from s3l5,12i,7oi In 1880 to sj2l, ,s35 900 In
1857, gain Of two hundred and thirteen mil
lions of dollars in seven years. "Thc South
can offer TO the world thlrty.nlno per cent. OF
all the arabic land in the United States, aud
Of this there Is open to settlement 0n1D!
square miles belonging TO the United States
Government
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WkNTEO...H0USES.

w ASTED-sy August I. Neat. Small
w cottuge house In suburbs rent not to
exceed SIS to so per month Address, with
full particulars, MISS j. X PEYrON, care Of
CITY L. o.
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Tor RENT-I426 Iith st, Conn
u Portable l0.roum house, with alcoge,
bathroom and closets and mod inps; street
cars pass the door; rent S}i
JAS. a. SPI;iGG. 1926 " Y ave.
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TOR SALE Cheap Brick House,
II near Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
W; rooms; all mod imps price $500; and
another In same locality for s2,2O0.
AUSTIN p. BROWN,
Real Estate and Loans, 1926 Z st n W.
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,ssHAvING JUST OPENED
w OUR NEW STORE,
No. i32 Ninth Street,
We are showing an entire new stock
of Fine Gas Fixtures, Table Lamps,
Piano Lamps, Gas Shades and Globes
In colored and cut glass, Slate Man
tells, Crates, Latrobcs, Ranges. Fur
nacos. Everyone cordially welcome.
No ono importuned to buy.
All orders for Plumbing, Heating
and Thinning promptly attended to.
Very respectfully,
S. s. SHEDD & BRO.
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- 1924 T street northwest.
TOR RENT-A 3-story Brick House;
Il rooms, water and gas; 1913 d st n W.
Apply 10 A. +. FOX geo + st nw.
EOR RESr-tu.3 VT ave,t2 Rooms,
Il 2elouves, > bathrooms, etc; NIL In good
condition. JAS. e. SPRldG,
1i2l n ave,
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

,-Sts- WILLIS ICE DEPOT, 18th and
t-S Water streets southwest, Full
supply Of best Penobscot River Ice n ways on
hand ut lowest prices. Patronizc red wagons
and get full weight. Large consumers having
their own wagons will bo literally dealt with
by sending to the leo Depot Contracts made
for one or more years, EXCELSIOR for sale
by the bale or ton, at reducrd rates.
Telephone call, isg2.
rwsDR. y. t. MASON, Dentist, Form
bS erly of 40 ST, has removed his oii,co
to 1901 Penna. ave-, corner leth st. Cocaine
and gas given.
e>yy1OFFICE or
w r. II, EVANS, 1891 II VI. n, We,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR ALL
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Telephone, 05S.3. Hours from to 4:30.
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A Consumption Hospital.

1t was consumption hospital. The
fates forefend that should ever enter
another. Death met us at the door and
crossed our path and walked with us
wherever We turned. The hollow echoes
of the hideous place reverberated with
funeral charm. The rooms, the beds,
the people in bed and out of bed were
spectreS one and all, and they still some
times come back to me in my dreams.
When the flowers were brought in, it
was wonderful what a solitary harm of
healthy nature they at once diffused
through the distempered and unhealthy
moral atmosphere.
Some patients who were In bed took
their share, and held it as if in prayer
Others who coIld walk went up and
down inhaling fragrance, as if It had
been the breath of life itself. Some
made garlands and bouquets to brighten
the wards. l should be ashamed to tell
you how much brandy 1 drank when l
got out into light and life again, to
drown the poignant memory of that
visit. But 1 learned from it the value
of flower or picture in such scene.
Not peoples, nor mandragora, nor all
the drowsy syrups of the East, mean as
much as these touches of brightness
that invite them to forgetfulness of them
selves and OF their miseries. Alfred
| TrpmJM in Journalist.
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Rural Life in Russia.

Usury is the greatest nightmare of ru-
raj Russia at present, an evil which
seems to dog the peasant proprietor in
all countries alike. The "Gombesn Man"
is fast getting possession of the little
Irish owners. A man who hires land
cannot borrow on it; the little owner is
tempted always to mortgage it at pinch.
In Russia he borrows to the outside of
its value. to pay the taxes and get in his
crop. The bondage laborers," 1. e.,
men bound to work on their creditors
land as interest for money lent, receive
no wages and are in fact sort of slaves.
They repay their extortioners by working
as badly as they cana ''level worst"
far inferior to that of the serfs of old,
they harvest three and a half or four
stacks of corn where the other peasants
get five. The kOulaks and mir eaters,
and other usurerS, often of peasant
origin, exhaust the peasant in every way;
they then foreclose the mortgages, unite
the small pieces of land once more, and
reconstitute large estates. A koulak Is
not to be trifled with; he finds a thou
sand occasions for revenge; the peasant
cannot cheat the Jew as he does the
landlord, and is being starved out-the
mortality is enormous. In the rural dis
tricts of England the death rate is IS
per 900. In the whole of Central Rus
STA it reached 81 per |. 600 at the last re-
vision in 1862. ''The famine, now so
frightfully common, is not owing to bar
renness of the soil, for the mortality is
greatest where the land is best. The
birth rate in these provinces is 49,
Nineteenth Century.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Light and Heavy Hay.

In the various rules for estimating
the amount Of hay in bulk, says the Cul-
ticator, not enough difference is allowed
for the variation in weight depending on
the condition when cured, the exposure
to rain and other causes. The same sorts
will have much less weight in proper
ton to bulk after being dried out by
cold winter. Hay that has been bleached
by long exposure to rains will always be
light in weight, and be proportionately
less valuable than even its weight would
indicate. The soluble juices which give
hay it's greatest value have been washed
out by rains, leaving an undue proper
ton Of woody fiber. There is, besides,
Q considerable variation in the original
constituents of grass and hay, depend
ing on the character OF the soil on viii h
it is grown. Farmers on wet, mucky
and overlooking land complain that
their large crops of hay do not pan out
we'll when brought to the weighing
scales. Timothy grown on such soil has
coarse, hollow stems, with smaller pro
portion of leaves. Such soils are often
deficient in mineral fertilizers, and a
dressing OF phosphate when the land is
seeded makes the crop better and the
hay richer and heavier. Still this coarse
hay is salable and does not exhaust the
soil as does hay grown on upland. This
may be one reason why the bulk of hay
sold is grown on low, mucky and over
flowed lands.
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Unnatural Cravings.

Professor Arnold says in the New York
Tribune The habit of gnawing old
bones, bits of wood, and various other
non-eatable things, is of frequent occur
renee in herds of cattle, but much oftener
in mich cows. and oftener in old dairy
districts than elsewhere. Also, hogs and
and horses sometimes delight in eating
dirt, and children exhibit a craving for
chalk or charcoal, which, it is supposed,
they cannot digest. The cause Of such
unnatural hankerings is doubtless dis
turbed condition of health, but just what
specific thing occasions the disturbance
il not, so far as | am aware, positively
known. The fact that it is most com
mon with mich COWS in old dairy dis
tricts gives Use to suspicion that cX-
haustion from the soil, and consequently
to some extent from the food, of certain
mineral matters which enter into the
composition Of milk, notably phosphates
and pot ash, may be the principal cause.
With this view some dairymen are in
the habit of feeding their cows at short
intervals with bone meal and wood ashes
as a remedy when they show a tendency
to unnatural cravings, and, it is claimed,
with good effect; but my cows would
never partake of such diet. If there be
any truth in this idea it would be better
to supply the soil with the efficient ele-
mcnts, since it would improve the growth
of crops, while it would cure the disease
BY removing the cause. Bone meal and
potash have very happy effect in sweet
ening forage crops as we'll as increasing
their growth. and it has often been
noticed that where land is rich and for
age crops luxuriant the bone chewing
habit seldom prevails of all the COWS
/ have had under my care cases of un-
natural craving have been infrequent
and he few that occurred were best re-
lieved by liberal use of wheat bran.
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not stop to look back. simply dug the
spurs into my pony's TANKS, knowing il
l relaxed my speed even for al instant
the lion might spring upon me. Even
as IT was, | realized that any moment
might feel the creatures sharp claws in
my back; and the particular manner in
which a mountain lion is said to kill Thy
drawing back the head of its victim with
one paw until the neck is broken) hap
pened, at this moment, to occur to me.
1t was not, strictly speaking, q cheering
reflection.
At the commencing of the mad gallop
when, on several occasions, the lasso
slackened, owing to the huge bounds
the creature took, l shuddered and
crouched in my saddle, fearing that the
next minute might be my last. For a
time my captive rent the air with his
cries, which so frightened my pony that
need not urge him; he was doing his
level best.
Soon the screaming grew less frequent
and finally ceased altogether, and /
noted with satisfaction that the lasso re-
manned perfectly taunt all the time.
then for the first time looked back, and
llOh dPpCdl ouSCS CObSiuoCo shoe Ia
captive was dead. I had, however, as
can, perhaps, be imagined, strong de-
sire to make assurance doubly sure, and
rode some distance further before stop
ping. Even then was in no haste to
dismount until 1 had ridden around the
huge cat several times, and assured my
self beyond all doubt that he was dead.
He proved to be fine specimen, measur-
Ing little over four feet from snout to
tail root (his tail measured twenty six
inches, but the long drag had given
him, fully half mile should say, had
almost spelled his skin. The lasso had
worn completely through the skin around
the neck, and buried itself in the flesh
indeed I believe il / had dragged him
much further it would have decapitated
him completely.
When wounded, mountain lions, as
they are always called in that section.
are considered dangerous to encounter,
and, no doubt-carried away by my de-
sire to kill one-I behaved in q reckless
manner. At all events, it is an expert
ence that should not care to 60 through
with again.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Irregular feeding mich cows is sheer
los Of time and material
Good, sweet wheat is the best grain
for chickens. and as cheap as any.
The old notion that feeding a few
chopped apples to cows will scotch the
flow of milk is an erronC Gus one.
Breeding stock need muscle rather
than fat, as the latter means loss Of
energy, if not health and vigor.
Every animal Graves salt, and must
have a certain amount introduced into
its syst IN to enable it to thrive.
The National .St,ckm1H says ensilagc
10 better than the same stalk dried, Just
Is a ripe juicy apple is better than a
drlei ono.
Butter says Professor Arnold, takes
nothing from the soil which affects fer
tilization in the way that wheat and
other crops do.
A teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine
in pint and half of cornmeal is con
sidered one of the best remedies for
gapes when fed to young chicks.
According to experiments made at the
Pennsylvania State College, soiling rye
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The Modern Shirt Front.

"There is nothing in the world that
shows the Unborn tendency of mankind
to run in rut more than the architec-
ture of the modern shirt" So said a
young man of iconocla,tic tendencies.
''For years mems vests have been but
toned almost to the chin, and the little
piece of shirt front that would be left
exposed has bsen covered By necktie.
And yet men go on wearing shirts with
fronts down to the waist, starched and
ironed till they're as stiff as boil plate,
and they pay every week for getting two
or three of these things polished. A
man might as well have the back of his
vest laundered every week. "-Toronto
Globe